Re: 2.2.8_andrea1.bz2
Chuck Lever (cel@monkey.org)
Thu, 13 May 1999 17:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 13 May 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >correct, there are no changes in getblk() 2.2.7 -> 2.2.8. however, if
> >flushtime is no longer relevant, then this piece of code is now
>
> Ah ok, that was my complain too but I think that flushtime is been killed
> by mistake. Note also that with a better design you won't need to set
> flushtime to zero anymore. Look at my buffer.c to see my redesign of
> flushtime.
agreed -- checking buffer_dirty in getblk() is a kludge.
- Chuck Lever
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